[Neurosurgical aspects of Rendu-Osler disease. Apropos of 6 recent cases and review of the literature]

Neurochirurgie. 1996;42(4-5):221-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Six patients with neurological complications in Rendu-Osler-Weber disease were reviewed. There were 4 patients (3 int the same family) with a brain abscess, one patient with a brain abscess and a spinal cord subarachnoid hemorrhage, one patient with a recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage due to a vascular malformation. The infectious complications are related to the presence of pulmonary arterio-venous fistula, which should be treated, whenever diagnosed. Because of the potentially severe outcome of these neurological complications of the Rendu-Osler-Weber disease, screening of the patient's relatives is highly recommended.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Abscess / etiology*
  • Brain Abscess / surgery
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / etiology*
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / surgery
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / complications*
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / genetics
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / surgery